Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Deuteronomy 12:32 in other translations
| BSB | See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it. |
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| WEB | Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it. |
| ASV | What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. |
| YLT | The whole thing which I am commanding you--it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it. |
| DARBY | Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it. |
| BBE | You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them. |
| Webster | Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it. |
What does Deuteronomy 12:32 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 12:5-32
The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently…
Deuteronomy 12:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 12:32
- Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
- Revelation 22:18-19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
- Joshua 1:7
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
- Proverbs 30:6
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
- Deuteronomy 13:18
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.
- Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 12:31
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Deuteronomy 12:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuidaréis de hacer todo lo que yo os mando: no añadirás á ello, ni quitarás de ello. |
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| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das ganze Wort, das ich euch gebiete, das sollt ihr beobachten, es zu tun; du sollst nichts hinzufügen und nichts davontun. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod præcipio tibi, hoc tantum facito Domino: nec addas quidquam, nec minuas. |